Teen Online Discussion group

Calling anyone aged 15-18 who was adopted overseas.  Are you interested in joining in an online chat group?

Hi, my name is Han, and I need your help! I’m studying an MPhil in psychology at AUT University. My research project is about international adoption so I’d like you to join me in some online chat groups. These will be running from March to May 2012.   If you’re keen, please let me know when you’ll be free.
As a participant, you’ll be chatting online (in written form, not face-to face for privacy reasons) with 3 to 5 other internationally adopted teens from anywhere in the country, chatting about your school, friends, family—in fact, just about anything related to being an international adoptee. There will be four online group sessions, each lasting about 1 hour. The goal of this study is hear from you and find out what’s going on in your lives!! We want to better understand how you’re adjusting to life in New Zealand after being adopted from overseas. What you tell us will help us to better support other teen adoptees, and of course, it will probably help the parents and teachers, too.
So, if you’re an international adoptee, aged between 15 and 18, and keen to join my online chat group study, please email me for more information.
Or, if you’re the parent of a teen international adoptee, I want to invite your son or daughter to participate in the research project!
Participation in the research project is voluntary and confidential. More information is in the Participant Information Sheets (one each for the parents and teens). Please contact me if you have ANY questions. Thanks for your help! I greatly appreciate your time and support!  Han. Email me:   fvs5338@aut.ac.nz

Today -

We are guilty, Of many errors and many faults,
But our worst crime Is abandoning the children,
Neglecting the fountain of life.
Many of the things we need can wait.
The child cannot.
Right now is the time
Bones are being formed, Blood is being made,
Senses are being developed.
To the child we cannot answer ‘Tomorrow’.
The child’s name is ‘Today’.
Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Nobel Laureate Poet

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